Video Blue

Dundalk's Video Blue (aka Jim O'Donoghue Martin) has recently returned to Ireland after over a decade in London.
His 4th record 'Eyes on Sticks' arrives on May 1st via Fringe Character Records. He has released three previous albums: 2022’s ‘The Pull’ via London label Straight Lines Are Fine, 2020’s ‘Night Painting’ and 2017’s ‘Love Scenes’. ‘The Pull’ included the single ‘First Snow’ featuring whenyoung’s Aoife Power, which enjoyed support from Hot Press, Nialler9 and RadioX’s John Kennedy.

His music has been supported by BBC 6Music & BBC Introducing, RadioX, RTÉ 2FM, The Irish Times and countless blogs & zines. Live, he has played with Django Django, Razorlight, The Scratch, Modern Woman, Pillow Queens, Sinead O’Brien. He has co-written with Django Django and remixed music for whenyoung, Attawalpa, Sounds of System Breakdown & Giant Party.

As a composer, O’Donoghue Martin has created short film scores and made musical compositions for Aer Lingus, the Tate gallery, Christies & songwriting for The Educational Company of Ireland.

As a broadcaster, he has presented and produced programmes for RTE Radio 1 such as 'Brendan Behan: Confessions on Record', ‘The Navvies of North London’ & ‘The Intangibles’. He was the presenter of 'Spinning Away' on RTÉ 2XM and 'Dusk Moves' on Boogaloo Radio; music shows where he interviewed Self Esteem, Shaun Ryder, Gavin Friday, Thurston Moore, Bernard Butler, Suggs, producers John Leckie, Mike Chapman & many more.

''Irresistible vocal... favourite new track this week by a country mile'' - Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music

''One man armed with a guitar and a bunch of beats, he’s got a very fine handle on how to turn both parts of his musical personality into a bundle of captivating, impressive leftfield pop gems.'' - Jim Carroll, The Irish Times